Duanna Johnson is filing a $1.3 million lawsuit for her beating while in custody of Memphis/Shelby County police officers, which was caught on tape. A local television station carried the...
That Elvis Presley was some'um, as my grandma used to say. I was living on Elvis Presley Boulevard on August 16, 1977, the day Elvis died. I lived about a block from Graceland, as a matter of...
SOMETIMES YOUR CHILD could be with the wrong crowd. His friends could do things and your kid might be charged for a crime right along with them. Now imagine that your child has a...
THE TROUBLE WITH DEATH PENALTY OPPONENTS is that they miss the point - executions are just plain fun! Capital punishment is very stimulating and has long been used as entertainment for folks. The sport...
HOLD OFF ON THE LETHAL INJECTION! The Alabama Supreme Court granted Thomas Arthur a stay of execution Wednesday, which saved this condemned man from being executed at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, July 31. The...
Many people view the Congressional apology on July 29 for slavery and Jim Crow-era segregation with some reserve. The House’s apology was met with mixed reviews from the black community. ...
GOVERNORS! MAYORS! POLICE CHIEFS! Please do something about your police officers whom you have equipped with Taser guns! Evidently, they lack proper training, or these "non-lethal" weapons are...
If Texas Governor Rick Perry (pictured) does not act to halt Jose Medellin's execution immediately, America will show it does not care to follow the U.S. committments that serve to protect our own...
Personal tragedy sometimes gives rise to important new legislation, organizations, and programs promoting social change that benefits Americans, like the Amber Alert, America’s Most Wanted, Mothers Against Drunk...
What are families to do when their mentally ill loved ones need hospitalization, but the system says they fail to meet the rigid test of being an immediate danger to self and others? Must we cage them in our...
Mesha Irizaary's only child, 23-year-old African American honor student, Idriss Stelley, was killed by the San Francisco Police Department on June 13, 2001, with 48 shots by nine officers, as he stood alone...
On the television shows, don't police talk suicidal people out of dangerous situations? Well, TV isn't real life, discovered this African American man from Columbia, MO, who was...
For the first time in over 50 years, an Army execution has been approved by a U.S. president, George W. Bush. The condemned man is Private Ronald A. Gray, who was convicted of four murders and eight rapes...
A wise man wrote, “We all face disabilities sooner or later, if we live long enough.” Here is probably one of the most life-affirming messages and videos ever. It was sent by an online friend who cares deeply about life. The video illustrates...
THE MIDDLE EAST reminds me of my childhood home overlooking Winfrey Bottom. There was forever a conflict going on down there, and woe unto anyone who tried to intervene. Even the police usually...